Mountain dogs found in deplorable conditions

June 27, 2017 at 10:15 PM EST - Updated August 10 at 12:50 PM

BOCA RATON, Fla.- Tri-County Animal Rescue in Boca Raton deals with tough cases of animal abuse. This case, they're calling one of the worst they've seen in the state because of the number of Great Pyrenees found living in deplorable conditions. Volunteers drove all the way to the Panhandle to rescue some of them.

Volunteers brought six of the 87 dogs to Boca to find them forever and foster homes.

Right now, they're so fearful of people, they cower from human touch.

Three-year-old Anastasia is learning to trust.

So are the five other dogs found in a home in north Florida.

Pictures show the walls they tore. They ate drywall and rocks to survive. Part of a hoarding case exposed by an animal refuge group.

Gray News Staff

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